Vista RTM Evaluation Copy Desktop Watermark Patch
Hi there people, here's a little guide on how to get rid of that stupid "evaluation copy" watermark in the bottom right corner of your Windows Vista RTM. Some may not see it yet, but believe me it will show up after a few reboots.
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14.11.2006 Disable Windows Vista Evaluation Watermark from Desktop
If an user install Windows Vista in trial or demo or evaluation mode, by skipping and not keying in any Windows product registration key when asked during installation of Windows Vista.
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24.11.2006 Windows Home server Evaluation Comming Soon!
With the closing of the Code2Fame Challenge for Windows Home Server, the Connect site has been updated so that beta participants can no longer download the Release Candidate (RC) version of the software.
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28.8.2007 Windows Embedded Server Products Evaluation
Wow finally you can download evaluation versions of Windows Embedded products like Storage Server, normally only approved OEMs could get it.
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27.7.2008 Windows Server Evaluation Editions Free Downloads Bonanza
Microsoft is usually mute when it comes down to critics related to its product and traditionally quiet when it comes to reports thrashing Windows Vista.
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28.7.2008 Windows Server Evaluation Editions Free Downloads Bonanza
Microsoft is offering a veritable bonanza of Windows Server evaluation editions free downloads. Packaged under the label Windows Embedded Server Products Evaluation Software, a number of no less than ten products are offered at no charge for evaluation purposes only.
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29.7.2008 2007 Office System Document: User Interface Evaluation Design Guidelines
This information is provided to assist sofware developers in evaluating the scope of the UI Design Guidelines for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites prior to accepting the Office UI Licensing agreement.
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7.1.2007 Is your copy of Windows genuine?
How to Tell helps you verify that your Microsoft products are genuine.
To begin, choose the product category that best describes your Microsoft product. On the following product category page you will be able to select your specific product and the method by which you acquired it to learn more about genuine Microsoft products.
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Windows Vista Copy Protection Cracked
More than a year after Windows Vista was introduced, hackers have finally developed a clean crack of Windows Vista.
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5.3.2008 Fancy a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate for FREE?
A little bird has informed me of an official Microsoft hosted survey in which the winner(s) will receive a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate after simply filling out a 4 question survey.
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30.6.2009 Windows 7 testers to get free copy from tomorrow
Last week Microsoft had a change of heart and decided to go back on what they had previously said by offering testers on the Windows 7 technical beta program a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate, in reward for their efforts in testing the new operating system.
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5.8.2009 Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Win 7?
Yesterday there appeared an interview with a Microsoft group manager who claimed that Microsoft copied the Mac look and feel in terms of graphics in Windows 7.
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12.11.2009 Blu-ray BD+ Copy Protection Cracked!
It would seem that there's absolutely nothing out there, no type of copy protection system that can resist the hard efforts of ingenious "security researchers", especially when the respective system is designed to protect valuable multimedia content (namely, movies).
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31.10.2007 Throw a Windows 7 house party and get a free copy
Microsoft is looking for some Windows 7 fans to throw launch parties between October 22-29.
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3.9.2009 Want Windows 7 for 50 Percent Off? Order an OEM Copy
Missed out on the early preorder discounts? Popular retailer Newegg.com has listed the OEM prices for Windows 7, which will be offered at less than half what Microsoft will charge for a retail copy.
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26.9.2009 Free Windows Server 2008 R2 Evaluation Installation ISO and VHD for Hyper-V Official Direct Download Links
Windows Server 2008 R2 is the next iteration of Windows Server operating system, which has been RTMed with build version 6.1.7600.16385 together with Windows 7. Microsoft is now officially releasing the ISO image for Windows Server 2008 R2 Trial Software, which allowing administrators and users to install Windows Server 2008 R2 to evaluate the new operating system for 180 days for free.
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17.8.2009 Turn a counterfeit copy of WindowsXP into a free Vista license!
Perhaps you have bought a license of WindowsXP Home, Pro or Media Centerd Edition 2005 from your local dealer and afterwards it turned into a counterfeit while trying to validate it through WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) program.
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29.4.2006 Windows 'patent tax' pegged at $21.50 per copy
Windows users on average pay $21.50 to line the pockets of third party software developers such as Sun Microsystems, Novell and Alcatel-Lucent, according to a calculation by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).
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16.4.2007 Fancy a free copy of Office 2010 and a laptop to run it on?
Microsoft is looking for family, student or home business users of their successful Office suite to participate in the beta program for Office 2010.
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23.6.2009 Microsoft makes a u-turn, Windows 7 testers to get free copy
In a surprise turn around, Microsoft announced today that Windows 7 technical testers will be receiving a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
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30.7.2009 Prevent 1.0 - Stop Unauthorized Copy, Delete, Move & Change of Settings
I am sure everyone has faced the situation where either their friends, colleagues, family member of kids renaming, deleting important files or changing settings like wallpaper, screen resolution etc. this is typical with younger sibling.
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17.9.2009 Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 Evaluation
The Windows XP Embedded Service Pack 2 Feature Pack 2007 is not a stand alone product; it requires the developer to have Windows Embedded Studio tool suite installed.
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31.10.2006 States rush to remove data on residents from websites
States across the USA are furiously removing sensitive data from official websites.
The task highlights challenges facing states with sites full of personal information on residents, from Social Security numbers to bank account numbers.
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24.4.2006 Remove Windows Vista Validation update (KB929391)
channi011 write this Solution to Windows Vista Validation update (KB929391) - READ CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS.
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2.1.2006 Safely Remove Hardware fix for Windows Vista
When you click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the notification area on a Windows Vista based computer, and then you click Safely remove Device_name, the device may not be removed as expected.
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5.9.2007 Microsoft: Disable or Remove the Pilot of WGA Notifications
Microsoft is providing end users with the instructions necessary to disable or remove altogether the WGA Notifications anti-piracy mechanism from Windows XP.
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1.9.2008 How To Remove and Disable Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool
Windows 7 and Windows Vista comes with a memory diagnostic utility named as Windows Memory Diagnostic. Windows Memory Diagnostic is an utility that capable of scan, check and diagnose computers memory subsystem including physical RAM modules or sticks.
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5.10.2009 Microsoft AntiSpy program will remove Sony's DRM Rootkit
From antimalware blog:
I've been getting a lot of questions in the last week about Microsoft's position on the Sony DRM and rootkit discussions, so I thought I'd share a little info on what we're doing here. We are concerned about any malware and its impact on our customers' machines. Rootkits have a clearly negative impact on not only the security, but also the reliability and performance of their systems.
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14.11.2005 Remove Unnecessary Startup Entries To Boot Windows Faster
Sometimes it's very frustrating when your computer is booting up Windows very slowly especially when someone calls you up to check something on your computer, and you need to call back because your computer takes ages to boot.
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5.5.2007 Remove or Restore New Briefcase At Right Click Menu of Windows 7 and Vista
Briefcase is an ancient feature in Windows operating system, existed since Windows 95. Briefcase works as a special folder that supports two-way file synchronization with another folder on local disk or external USB/FireWire drive and network drive.
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13.6.2009Windows 7 Enterprise 90 day trial available
Microsoft has made Windows 7 Enterprise available for free download with an evaluation period of 90 days for IT Professionals responsible for desktop
administration and deployment. This evaluation period download is only available for a limited time while supplies last. The extended evaluation
period will gives businesses a chance to test run the new Windows 7 operating system to determine if it meets company's standards as the next
major upgrade. This evaluation period is for IT Professionals who do not have access to Windows 7 RTM through: Software Assurance Volume License
agreementMSDN and TechNet subscriptionsSoftware Assurance agreement allowing the download of Windows 7 RTM via the Volume Licensing Download Center.
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02.09.2009Microsoft Targets Sony
'Spyware'
Windows Antispyware will
detect, remove Sony's
controversial copy protection
technology...
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15.11.2005Microsoft jacks into the Softgrid
Look ma, no virtualisation
window: at Tech.Ed Australia
today, Microsoft showed its
new "Softgrid" technology
that allows apps to run as if
they were inside a second copy
of Windows. But unlike
traditional virtualisation
apps, there's no second
Windows desktop getting in the
way.
Microsoft showed Office
2003 and Office 2007 running
side-by-side, even though they
can't actually be installed
on the same copy of
Windows.
Initially, the technology
is for corporate users only,
but it has huge obvious
benefits for home users as
well. For example, the ability
to install an application,
without affecting the system
in any permanent way, and be
able to remove it completely
without relying on the app's
uninstaller.
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10.08.2007Apple Delivers Remote Desktop
3
Apple on Tuesday released the
third version of its Remote
Desktop software, adding
support for Intel based Macs
and 50 new features including
faster file copy speeds and
the ability to hide a desktop
while it is being controlled
remotely. Version 3 also
integrates with Mac OS X
10.4's Spotlight features for
searching across multiple
remote desktops...
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11.04.2006Economy driving uptick in Linux evaluation, adoption
Interest in Linux is accelerating because of the downturn in the economy, according to a study by IDC that was sponsored by Novell.
More than 72 percent of the 300 IT executives who responded to the survey said they are actively evaluating or have already decided to increase
adoption of Linux server in 2009. On the desktop, 68 percent say they are evaluating or have decided to increase adoption of the open source operating
system.
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17.03.2009DVD Burns of Digital Movies
Coming
The DVD Copy Control
Association is about to remove
some of the roadblocks that
have prevented legally
recording downloadable movies
onto DVD, it recently
announced. Special DVDs would
allow this process in the
coming months...
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11.08.2006Microsoft Inadvertently Ships Deleted Files
Microsofts use of virtual machines to distribute evaluation versions of software saves the end user much of the pain of having to configure test
systems. However, it also introduces a new quality control issue by exposing the full dimension of data that was on the system when the virtual
machines disk image was created, and last month, that issue caught Microsoft off guard.
The company began making disk images, or
Virtual Hard Drives (VHDs), with evaluation versions available on a limited basis in 2005 and more generally accessible through Microsoft TechNet in
November 2006, and had provided a way for partners to build their own prepackaged software stacks, using the Virtual PC technology it acquired from
the now-defunct Connectix in 2003.
SD Times in December learned that at least one of the machine images available for download at
TechNet did not have its free space wiped, and files thought deleted proved recoverable from an evaluation copy of the Internet Explorer Application
Compatibility VPC Image.
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22.01.2008Asustek to push desktop version Eee PC next year
Asustek Computer is developing a desktop version Eee PC which it hopes to launch in 2008, according to Jonathan Tseng, president of marketing at
Asustek. Tseng noted that the PC will not include a display, but further specifications and pricing are still under evaluation.
Some component makers pointed out that no matter which version of the Eee PC Asustek launches, they will benefit. However, they noted that since
Asustek is currently not seeing outstanding performance in the desktop PC market, the Eee PC's transition to a desktop version should prove difficult
for the company, although the benefits of the plan still outweigh the drawbacks.
On the other hand, some PC vendors remarked that
with the growing trend of notebooks replacing desktops, desktop PCs will eventually head toward multi-core CPUs and the mid-range and high-end
markets. If Asustek launches a low-price desktop it will not have any positive selling points, other than the Eee PC brand.
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09.11.2007Microsoft to Detect, Remove
Sony DRM
Following up on earlier
indecision, Microsoft said
over the weekend that it has
decided to detect and remove
the rootkit found in Sony's
digital rights management,
which sparked huge controversy
after being discovered on a
number of CDs. Signatures will
be added to Windows
AntiSpyware...
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14.11.2005YouTube answers Sen. Lieberman's request to remove terrorist videos
Terrorism may be unpopular, but speaking one's mind about the subject is free speech: That's the basis of a response this morning to one prominent
US senator's call for YouTube to remove terrorist-oriented videos...
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21.05.2008DVDs Can Soon be Legally Burned by Licensed Services
After a decade and a half of
negotiations, waiting, and
litigation - with the emphasis
toward the latter - the DVD
Copy Control Association,
which administers the CSS copy
protection scheme, formally
announced yesterday that it
will soon become legal for
businesses to burn DVDs on
demand whose copy protection
includes CSS...
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04.07.2007Norman Generic Malvare Fix 2006/12/20
NGenFix is a free utility that
may be used to detect and
remove specific malicious
software (malware). Note that
it should not be used as a
substitute for running normal
proactive antivirus
protection, but rather as a
reactive tool to handle
systems that are already
infected.
By
downloading and running the
program below it will clean an
infected system completely:
* kill running
processes that are infected
* remove infections from
disk (including ActiveX
components and browser helper
objects)
* restore
correct registry values
* remove references created by
malware in hosts file
*
remove windows firewall rules
for malicious programs
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20.12.2006EMI, Apple Disagree on Copy
Protection
EMI said Thursday that its
copy-protected music CDs would
soon play on Apple iPods, but
the maker of the best-selling
portable player denied that
was the case. The record label
claims that Apple was close to
completing the work needed to
make EMI's copy-protection
compatible...
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18.11.2005Office 2003/XP Add-in: Remove Hidden Data v1.1
With this add-in you can permanently remove hidden and collaboration data, such as change tracking and comments, from Word 2003/XP, Excel 2003/XP, and
PowerPoint 2003/XP files.
When you distribute an Office document electronically, the document might contain information that you
do not want to share publicly, such as information youve designated as hidden or information that allows you to collaborate on writing and editing
the document with others.
The Remove Hidden Data add-in is a tool that you can use to remove personal or hidden data that might
not be immediately apparent when you view the document in your Microsoft Office application.
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30.05.2008DRM Debate Resumes Over 'Managed Copy' for Blu-Ray, HD DVD
A full three years after the
idea for it was first raised,
and well over a year since the
first generation of
high-definition DVD players
was supposed to have included
it, the debate over both the
meaning and implementation of
mandatory managed copy
(MMC) for the final 1.0
version of the AACS copy
protection scheme has been
re-ignited...
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24.05.2007Sony Yanks Copy-Protected CDs
Two weeks on, spyware-style
copy protection's flaws prove
too much for the market...
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16.11.2005AACS LA Versus Digg, Google in DMCA Showdown Over Leaked Key
Beginning two weeks ago,
attorneys for the licensing
authority for the Advanced
Access Copy System used in
both Blu-ray and HD DVD issued
letters to multiple Web sites
and services, including search
engines, demanding they remove
direct references to a
32-hexadecimal digit code they
claim is a processing key that
could be used to circumvent
DRM protection in HD DVD
discs...
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02.05.2007Blackberry Desktop Manager software coming to Mac soon
The Official Blackberry Blog has announced that Blackberry manufacturers, Research in Motion, will be releasing a Mac version of their Desktop Manager
software. Key features of the application will include:Sync your iTunes® playlists, calendars, contacts, notes and tasksAdd/Remove
applicationsUpdate your device when new software becomes availableBackup and restore your device data with such features like automatically scheduled
backups and optional encryption (security is #1 as always…)Manage multiple devicesSupport for Mac® OS 10.5.5 and above. There is no set
release date for the software but you can check out www.blackberry.com/mac and sign up to get notified when the software is available.
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21.07.2009Gladinet Mounts Web Storage Apps as Virtual Drives
Free utility Gladinet Cloud Desktop removes the web interfaces from Google Docs, Picasa Web Albums, Windows Live SkyDrive and Amazon S3 Storage,
mounting them instead as folders you can add, remove, or open documents from. Gladinet hides most of the back-end technology that pulls it off, asking
you only for a username and password. Once mounted, it's easy to, say, open a Google Docs file in your local copy of Microsoft Word, or directly add
pictures to folders in your Picasa or SkyDrive accounts. Read on for a look at how Gladinet works, along with a 10-minute video that explains more of
its features.
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01.12.2008XP Pro to receive WGA similar to Vista SP1
Remember how everyone was excited about how Vista SP1 received a WGA update to not block you from your computer?
Well, the same is coming
to Windows XP. (Professional only, though. Who would want to pirate XP Home?)
From the WGA Blog:
With this update to
WGA Notifications in Windows XP, we've implemented a couple of related features that draw on the notifications experience we designed for Windows
Vista SP1. After installing this version of WGA Notifications on a copy of Windows XP that fails the validation, most users will discover on their
next logon that their desktop has changed to a plain black background from whatever was there previously (see below).
The desktop
background can be reset to anything else in the usual ways, but every 60 minutes it will change back to the plain black background. This will continue
to happen until that copy of Windows is genuine.
Also, the user will see the addition of what we call the "persistent desktop
notification." This notification is similar to a watermark but works a bit differently. The image (see below) appears over the system tray and is
non-interactive in the sense that you can't click on it or do anything to it.
As with previous releases, if a copy of Windows fails
validation, notifications will appear above the system tray regularly - and we will continue to have the pre-logon message, the logon interrupt
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